#exercisescience — Public Fediverse posts

4 Muscle Soreness Myths That Are Sabotaging Your Progress — have you read this one yet?

https://blog.bodyjourney.app/4-muscle-soreness-myths-that-are-sabotaging-your-progress/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=home

#DOMS #exercisescience #FitnessFridayFacts #musclesorenessmyths #workouttips

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More movement, more energy burned: new study challenges metabolism myth

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/03/more-movement-more-energy-burned-new-study-challenges-metabolism-myth/

4 Muscle Soreness Myths That Are Sabotaging Your Progress

https://blog.bodyjourney.app/4-muscle-soreness-myths-that-are-sabotaging-your-progress/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=home

#DOMS #exercisescience #FitnessFridayFacts #musclesorenessmyths #workouttips

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📣Fun Fitness Fact:
Where does the fat actually go?💨

➡️ It’s one of the most common questions I get from long-term clients—and the answer surprises most people.

❌It doesn’t melt. You don’t sweat it out. And it’s definitely not torched by a magic supplement.

🎥 Check out this video to learn what really happens when you lose fat.

#weightloss #fatloss #personaltrainer #health #nutrition #science #facts #boston #northshorema #exercisescience #health

🌟 The IFS warmly welcomed Professor Mingchia Yeh from Slippery Rock University in May! His two-week stay included a lecture on exercise science and valuable discussions with our doctoral students. Thanks for the inspiring exchange, Professor Yeh! 🙌 #ResearchCollaboration #ExerciseScience

(I'm copying this from LinkedIn, from Sean Mullen, an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois. I'll link to Sean if it turns out he's also in the Fediverse. I've asked him.)

Two years later—and the cardiovascular damage from Long COVID is still measurable.

A new study tracked people with Long COVID two years after their initial infection. These weren’t isolated anecdotes. Researchers used gold-standard physiological tools—microneurography, echocardiography, vascular imaging, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing—to quantify what many patients have been describing all along.

The findings are not subtle:

1. Sympathetic Nervous System Overdrive
Participants with Long COVID had 77% more sympathetic nerve bursts than matched controls. That’s not “just anxiety”—that’s measurable autonomic dysregulation.

2. Vascular Dysfunction
Their arteries showed 26% lower flow-mediated dilation, a well-established marker of endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk.

3. Subclinical Heart Damage
Strain imaging revealed subtle impairments in cardiac function—often missed by routine exams but consistent with early-stage heart failure patterns.

4. Impaired Exercise Capacity
On a maximal effort test, Long COVID patients reached *21% lower oxygen uptake*, despite comparable effort. It wasn’t deconditioning. It was systemic impairment.

5. Cellular Markers of Injury and Stress
Blood tests revealed increased oxidative stress, lower antioxidant activity, and higher levels of extracellular vesicles from damaged endothelial cells.

Yes, the study had limitations:

* Small sample (18 Long COVID, 19 controls)
* Cross-sectional design (not causal)
* Focused only on those with severe acute COVID
* Did not include pulmonary function or key inflammatory mediators

But even with these limitations, the findings are consistent with a growing body of evidence:
Long COVID is not just about fatigue—it’s a multi-system condition with real, measurable physiological consequences.

Why does this matter?

Because the world continues to downplay or ignore this. And yet, the biological signals are loud. We cannot “walk this off.” We need research. We need scalable interventions.

One promising candidate?
IMST (Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training)
Just 5 minutes a day of breathing against resistance has shown promising results in reducing sympathetic overdrive and improving vascular health. It’s currently being tested in randomized trials for Long COVID.

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If you’re a clinician, researcher, or policy leader: This is your call to engage.
Let’s stop debating whether Long COVID is “real,” and start directing our attention—and funding—toward understanding and treating it.

I’m happy to connect with others working in this space. Thanks to Nathaniel Jenkins, PhD, FAHA for pointing out this important paper.

#LongCovid #CardiovascularHealth #PublicHealth #COVID19 #ExerciseScience #HealthTech #VascularHealth

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/ajpregu.00055.2025

🚨Weight Loss Facts You NEED to Know (Busting Common Myths)

💪🏾 As a personal trainer with over 20 years in the fitness industry, I’ve coached clients who’ve lost anywhere from 5 to over 120 pounds—and more importantly, kept it off. Today, I want to share insights on long-term weight loss that focuses on fat loss while preserving lean muscle.

#weightloss #strengthtraining #health #nutrition #FactsMatter #science #boston #cardio #fitness #gym #lifestyle #Motivation #fatloss #exercisescience

The Brain Party: How Exercise Boosts Your Mental Performance!

#BrainHealth #ExerciseScience #Neurogenesis #WorkoutBenefits #CognitiveFunction #FitnessFiesta #SynapticStrength #HealthyMind #MentalFitness #BrainParty #Neuroscience #AdenosineMonophosphate #ProteinKinase #NeurotrophicFactors #ExerciseIsMedicine

https://youtube.com/shorts/uUONLojc32U?feature=share

📣 Coach Julio's Fit Tip: Targeted fat reduction is a myth. Fat loss happens overall, not in specific areas.

✅ Focus on building sustainable habits that will carry you forward on the path to a healthier you.

#weightloss #facts #humor #gym #knowledge #FitnessGoals #Nutrition #exercisescience #personaltrainer #Boston #education

📣Exercise of the Day: Push-Up to Side Plank (aka the T-Push-Up)!

💪🏾 Watch my amazing online client demonstrate this fantastic exercise for upper body strength, core stability, and coordination. It's fun too! 😅

#fitness #gym #sports #healthequity #workout #StrengthTraining #onlinefitness #personaltrainer #coach #exercisescience #boston #nyc #health

🚴‍♂️ A study on identical twins exercising 2 hours daily for 93 days (burning 1000 calories/day) showed an average weight loss of 11 pounds, all from fat mass.

-Despite identical diets and exercise, weight loss varied among twins, highlighting individual variability in response to calorie deficits and exercise.
#fitness #weightloss #exercisescience

https://evidencebasedmuscle.com/is-exercising-more-the-best-way-to-lose-fat/

Steroids have been used by Hollywood actors who want to get buff for decades — since the 1970s, when the action hero archetype emerged with movies like "Rocky" and "The Incredible Hulk" TV show. Consequence discusses whether these drugs are really being used by pretty much everyone in Hollywood, and if it even matters.

https://flip.it/0DDMxo

#Hollywood #Movies #ExerciseScience #Bodybuilding #Cinema #Film

Can a #science person of mastodon explain why I am suddenly enjoying running now for the first time in my life? I've been doing very little cardio and an immense amount of heavy strength training (with progressive overload) in the last few months, but I did sprints yesterday and enjoyed them so much. I felt like I could go on forever, and I even am going for a run later today too.

I used to do crosscountry running in high school but hated it and felt miserable, and had pain at times. I constantly felt like I was out of breath even though at that point I was running at least a mile or two every day. Did strength training really help me that much versus doing more cardio (like I was doing in high school)?

#exercisescience #exercise #physicaltherapy #gym #marathon (keeping this tag for the runners) #running #strengthtraining #Running

The Balance Intensity Scale training video has been updated. See a broader range of intensities demonstrated and how to apply the rating scale to static and dynamic balance exercises. Access the scale and the training video on the BIS website here: https://www.monash.edu/medicine/balance-intensity-scale
#balanceexercise #intensity #exercisescience #physicaltherapy #adult #fallprevention #training

#introductions
I'm Jeremy and am happy to be here. I live in northeast #Pennsylvania USA. I'm a #college professor at a small, #liberalarts school (disciplines: #athletictraining and #exercisescience).

I'm typically very unserious. I love #movies, #TheFlopHouse podcast, and the #90DayFiance universe. I am serious about supporting #justice, #civilrights, #antiracism, #LGBTQ, #DEI, and #progressive #liberal causes.

Hope to engage with reasonable and interesting people here.